Powirgen is developing super-efficient and cheap solid-state electric generators and is looking for collaborators with good technical and/or scientific abilities to help us make our production equipment and bring this technology to market.
We will make thermal batteries real … AND …
We will make turbines in aircraft and piston engines on the ground and sea irrelevant.
Yes, it’s that big. Contact us at powirgen.com if you want to become part of this opportunity!
Hi everyone. My DC-based public affairs firm, Echo Communications Advisors, is hiring a Vice President. We focus exclusively on shaping clean energy and climate policy.
We're looking for someone who knows the energy and climate policy world from the inside — someone who has worked on Capitol Hill or in a federal agency and who understands not just communications strategy but how Washington and state capitals work.
This is a senior role for someone who lives and breathes the energy world, who has deep relationships in the energy policy community, and who is ready to serve as a trusted strategic counselor to clients navigating consequential policy moments. The right candidate knows how to move fast when a news cycle or committee vote demands it.
Wondering what folks think the implications of CATL and BYD production startup of sodium batteries. The energy density a bit lower than LFP but much larger temperature range and about 2.5 times the life. The initial cost is also a bit lower but the projection as volume ramps up is a 90% reduction in cost compared to LFP batteries in 3 years. Seems like big news for EVs and grid batteries. I asked Copilot what the implications might be for gasoline and diesel reduction by 2035, that guess was 35% assuming a 90% reduction in EV battery cost.
As for podcasts - it's not too many! I mostly listen to your podcasts when traveling, so I'll "binge-listen" several at a time and enjoy having a large stock to draw from when I download them for offline listening. I listen on 1x speed but I know others who listen at 1.5x speed!
You have not posted too many podcasts, in any month. I have listened to all of them and await the next ones! Question: there are maybe 30 Governor races across the county this year, what do you think about a position paper on things like; having legislatures pass laws mandating grid utilization at 60% (versus the current 40-50%); how VPPs with a focus on battery storage should be a position for a Gubernatorial candidate? What should governors know about transmission versus distribution; how onshoring the "electric stack" is a national security issue? Also, sorry about the loss of your father, it's never easy to lose someone you love.
Wow, that little app by Don Jackson is awesome/amazing. Supposedly you have many listeners and readers in CO, so they might like a much simpler app/web page that just displays wind/solar fraction of total generation in Xcel or regional power pools. https://www.sintoninstruments.com/chargebug/
So sorry about losing your father, David. May his memories be a blessing. And thanks for that terrific graph. Another indication that keeping it in the ground is not essential for radically reducing fossil fuel use. Reducing fossil demand through renewables and storage works.
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Powirgen is developing super-efficient and cheap solid-state electric generators and is looking for collaborators with good technical and/or scientific abilities to help us make our production equipment and bring this technology to market.
We will make thermal batteries real … AND …
We will make turbines in aircraft and piston engines on the ground and sea irrelevant.
Yes, it’s that big. Contact us at powirgen.com if you want to become part of this opportunity!
Hi everyone. My DC-based public affairs firm, Echo Communications Advisors, is hiring a Vice President. We focus exclusively on shaping clean energy and climate policy.
We're looking for someone who knows the energy and climate policy world from the inside — someone who has worked on Capitol Hill or in a federal agency and who understands not just communications strategy but how Washington and state capitals work.
This is a senior role for someone who lives and breathes the energy world, who has deep relationships in the energy policy community, and who is ready to serve as a trusted strategic counselor to clients navigating consequential policy moments. The right candidate knows how to move fast when a news cycle or committee vote demands it.
Here's the full listing: https://echocomms.com/vice-president-echo-communications-advisors/
Hello Volts community, my employer the Maryland Energy Administration is hiring for the following position on our policy team:
Rate Case Manager
Advanced degree and 3+ years experience. $110k-$126k/year.
https://energy.maryland.gov/SiteAssets/Pages/InsideMEA/jobs/Rate%20Case%20Manager%20MEA%20Job%20Posting.pdf.
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I do listen to most of the pods (95%) but admittedly on 1.2 speed 🙊 keep the pods coming! Also thank for you for being an emotional human ❤️🩹
The pace and quality of pods over the last couple of months has been amazing. I listen to it all, but you know ... take care of yourself.
So sorry for your loss. And thank you for including all of us in your newsletters. Your contribution is so helpful.
Only the body dies. You're not the body.
So sorry to hear about your dad, David.
So sorry for your loss. Take care.
Wondering what folks think the implications of CATL and BYD production startup of sodium batteries. The energy density a bit lower than LFP but much larger temperature range and about 2.5 times the life. The initial cost is also a bit lower but the projection as volume ramps up is a 90% reduction in cost compared to LFP batteries in 3 years. Seems like big news for EVs and grid batteries. I asked Copilot what the implications might be for gasoline and diesel reduction by 2035, that guess was 35% assuming a 90% reduction in EV battery cost.
So sorry for your loss, David.
As for podcasts - it's not too many! I mostly listen to your podcasts when traveling, so I'll "binge-listen" several at a time and enjoy having a large stock to draw from when I download them for offline listening. I listen on 1x speed but I know others who listen at 1.5x speed!
You have not posted too many podcasts, in any month. I have listened to all of them and await the next ones! Question: there are maybe 30 Governor races across the county this year, what do you think about a position paper on things like; having legislatures pass laws mandating grid utilization at 60% (versus the current 40-50%); how VPPs with a focus on battery storage should be a position for a Gubernatorial candidate? What should governors know about transmission versus distribution; how onshoring the "electric stack" is a national security issue? Also, sorry about the loss of your father, it's never easy to lose someone you love.
I read most of the transcripts. Maybe all of them.
Wow, that little app by Don Jackson is awesome/amazing. Supposedly you have many listeners and readers in CO, so they might like a much simpler app/web page that just displays wind/solar fraction of total generation in Xcel or regional power pools. https://www.sintoninstruments.com/chargebug/
I am listening. Condolences for your loss. And appreciation for his life.
Sorry for your loss David. Losing your Dad can be hard. Hang in there.
So sorry about losing your father, David. May his memories be a blessing. And thanks for that terrific graph. Another indication that keeping it in the ground is not essential for radically reducing fossil fuel use. Reducing fossil demand through renewables and storage works.